Sukta 31

प्र व इन्द्राय मादनं हर्यश्वाय गायत। सखायः सोमपाव्ने॥

pra va indrāya mādanaṁ haryaśvāya gāyata | sakhāyaḥ somapāvne ||

SING ye a song, to make him glad, to Indra, Lord of Tawny Steeds, The Soma-drinker, O my friends.

शंसेदुक्थं सुदानव उत द्युक्षं यथा नरः। चकृमा सत्यराधसे॥

śaṁsedukthaṁ sudānava uta dyukṣaṁ yathā naraḥ | cakṛmā satyarādhase ||

To him the Bounteous say the laud, and let us glorify, as men May do, the Giver of true gifts.

त्वं न इन्द्र वाजयुस्त्वं गव्युः शतक्रतो। त्वं हिरण्ययुर्वसो॥

tvaṁ na indra vājayustvaṁ gavyuḥ śatakrato | tvaṁ hiraṇyayurvaso ||

O Indra, Lord of boundless might, for us thou winnest strength and kine, Thou winnest gold for us, Good Lord.

वयमिन्द्र त्वायवोऽभि प्र णोनुमो वृषन्। विद्धी त्वस्य नो वसो॥

vayamindra tvāyavo'bhi pra ṇonumo vṛṣan | viddhī tvasya no vaso ||

Faithful to thee we loudly sing, heroic Indra, songs to thee: Mark, O Good Lord, this act of ours.

मा नो निदे च वक्तवेऽर्यो रन्धीरराव्णे। त्वे अपि क्रतुर्मम॥

mā no nide ca vaktave'ryo randhīrarāvṇe | tve api kraturmama ||

Give us not up to man's reproach, to foeman's hateful calumny: In thee alone is all my strength.

त्वं वर्मासि सप्रथः पुरोयोधश्च वृत्रहन्। त्वया प्रति ब्रुवे युजा॥

tvaṁ varmāsi saprathaḥ puroyodhaśca vṛtrahan | tvayā prati bruve yujā ||

Thou art mine ample coat of mail, my Champion, Vrtra-Slayer, thou: With thee for Friend I brave the foe.

महाँ उतासि यस्य तेऽनु स्वधावरी सहः। मम्नाते इन्द्र रोदसी॥

mahā utāsi yasya te'nu svadhāvarī sahaḥ | mamnāte indra rodasī ||

Yea, great art thou whose conquering might two independent Powers confess. The Heaven, O India, and the Earth.

तं त्वा मरुत्वती परि भुवद्वाणी सयावरी। नक्षमाणा सह द्युभिः॥

taṁ tvā marutvatī pari bhuvadvāṇī sayāvarī | nakṣamāṇā saha dyubhiḥ ||

So let the voice surround thee, which attends the Maruts on their way, Reaching thee with the rays of light.

ऊर्ध्वासस्त्वान्विन्दवो भुवन्दस्ममुप द्यवि। सं ते नमन्त कृष्टयः॥

ūrdhvāsastvānvindavo bhuvandasmamupa dyavi | saṁ te namanta kṛṣṭayaḥ ||

Let the ascending drops attain to thee, the Wondrous God, in heaven: Let all the folk bow down to thee.

प्र वो महे महिवृधे भरध्वं प्रचेतसे प्र सुमतिं कृणुध्वम्। विशः पूर्वीः प्र चरा चर्षणिप्राः॥

pra vo mahe mahivṛdhe bharadhvaṁ pracetase pra sumatiṁ kṛṇudhvam | viśaḥ pūrvīḥ pra carā carṣaṇiprāḥ ||

Bring to the Wise, the Great, who waxeth mighty, your offerings, and make ready your devotion; To many clans he goeth, man's controller.

उरुव्यचसे महिने सुवृक्तिमिन्द्राय ब्रह्म जनयन्त विप्राः। तस्य व्रतानि न मिनन्ति धीराः॥

uruvyacase mahine suvṛktimindrāya brahma janayanta viprāḥ | tasya vratāni na minanti dhīrāḥ ||

For Indra, the sublime, the far-pervading, have singers generated prayer and praises: The sages never violate his statutes.

इन्द्रं वाणीरनुत्तमन्युमेव सत्रा राजानं दधिरे सहध्यै। हर्यश्वाय बर्हया समापीन्॥

indraṁ vāṇīranuttamanyumeva satrā rājānaṁ dadhire sahadhyai | haryaśvāya barhayā samāpīn ||

The choirs have stablished Indra King for ever, for victory, him whose anger is resistless: And, for the Bays' Lord, strengthened those he loveth.